Automatic marker.



L. BIBERMAN Sz-W. MILLS.

AUTOMATIC MARKER.

APPLIUATION FILED un. 1, 190s.

Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

Mam/MM LEWIS BIBERMAN AND WILLIAM MILLS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

AUTOMATIC MARKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 2, 1909.

Appiicanon mea April 1, 1908. serial No. 424,674..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEwIs BIBEEMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, of the United States of America, and WILLIAM MILLS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, of the United States of America, have invented a new and useful Automatic Marker, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an automatic marker for marking a layer of cloth underneath other layers of cloth which are being cut by a cloth cutting machine for the urpose of du licating the outline of the c oth which is being cut on the cloth to be cut.

Our invention also relates to an automatic marker which could be connected on the underneath or base of the cutting plate of any and all kinds of cutting machines. Said automatic marker" consisting of a hollow tube and a rotary wheel or solid marker, attached to underneath plate of any cutter and said marker is controlled by an automatic lifting device and also by the operator, and the objects of our invention are; first: to mark a cloth for another cutting while the cutting machine is in active operation cutting the lay out above and over the cloth or other material which is being marked by the said automatic marker". Second: thereby saving labor in remarking a new lay out and further etting accuracy in duplicating the lay out laid out for the said cutting machine. We attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated as follows in the accompanying drawing in which,

Fig. 1, shows the cutting machine; Fig. 2, is a vertical section, our patent showing in elevation; Fig. 3, is a section of the machine on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, represents sectional view of'the hollow tube and rotary wheel making up the automatic marker Our invention consists of hollow tube d supported at one end by the pivot l1 which in turn is supported by the plate c. On the marking end of this tube is a rotary wheel or solid marker d which transfers ink or other marking fluid or solid from the tube a to the cloth and other material being marked. This wheel or solid marker must be directly under the edge of the knife. Said tube a rests between the guides c.

In order to raise the automatic marker when pulling the cutting machine back, we have provided a handle f to which is pivoted a lever g and which in turn carries a connecting rod 7b. Between the lever g and the handle f is located a spring i which tends to press the lever g down, thereby putting a pressure in the marker so as to get a good line or mark.

It will be readily seen that by grasping handle f and ressing the fingers against lever g the rollhr or solid marker d will be lifted from the cloth or other material being marked.

Should the operator neglect to lift the marker by means of lever g, We have provided a link j which if the machine is run backward will automatically lift the wheel or solid marker d from the goods so as not to duplicate another mark.

The wheel or solid marker d being directly under the front or cutting edge of the knife must follow the same lines as knife cuts and therefore marks by means of fluid or other solid matter from tube a an exact reproduction of the cut of the knife which does the cutting.

The automatic marker is brought into practical operation and use on any cloth or material being laced underneath of other cloth or materialgwhen said cloth is being cut by any cutting machine, and the said automatic marker shows in exact detail the various moves of the cutting knife of the aforesaid machine leaving as it proceeds forward an imprint on the said cloth or material which then answers as a marker to reduplicate the original marker.

What we do claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. In an automatic marker, a tube containing a marking substance and provided with a wheel pivoted at one end of the tube, an opening between the wheel and the tube for permitting the markin substance to pass down from the tube to tlie wheel, a lifting device pivoted on the tube for permitting the wheel to pass over a marking surface to transmit the marking substance on the marking surface when the marker is moved in a given direction and to prevent the marking substance from being transmitted to the marking surface when the marker is moved in'the opposite direction.

2. In combination With a cloth cutting machine comprising a base to be moved over a surface and-a knife at right angles and. pass-V ing through the base, an automatic marker consisting of a tube pivoted at one end under the base and pivotally supporting a Wheel at the other end, guides for movingly supporting the tube and a plate for supporting the pivoted end ofthe tube.

3. In combination with a cloth cutting machine comprising a base and a knife at right angles thereto and provided With a handle, a lever, pivoted on the handle, a spring between the handle and the lever, a rod pivoted on the lever, a tube containing a marking substance to be pressed downwards by said rod, and a lifter pivoted on the tube 15 LEWIS BIBERMAN. WILLIAM MILLS.

IVitnesses IRA BIBERMAN, MARY BLooMER. 

